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Minutes for HB2594 - Committee on K-12 Education Budget
Short Title
Establishing the education funding task force and abolishing the special education and related services funding task force.
Minutes Content for Mon, Jan 29, 2024
Nick Myers, Office of Revisor of Statutes, read the bill brief for HB2594. (Attachment 1)
The Chair opened the hearing on HB2594.
The following people provided testimony.
Proponents:
None
Proponents Written Only:
Mike O'Neal, Kansas Policy Institute (Attachment 2)
Opponents:
None
Opponents Written Only:
Erin Woods, Citizen (Attachment 3)
Timothy Graham, KNEA (Attachment 4)
Kathy Kersenbrock Ostmeyer, Special Education Director, Northwest Kansas Educational Service Center (Attachment 5)
Brent Yeager, Superintendent, USD 233 (Attachment 6)
Neutral:
Jim Karleskint, USA Kansas (Attachment 7)
Ann Mah, Kansas State Board of Education (Attachment 8)
Mary Sinclair, Kansas PTA (WebEx) (Attachment 9)
Angie Stallbaumer, KASB (WebEx) (Attachment 10)
Judith Deedy, Game On for Kansas Schools (WebEx) (Attachment 11)
Neutral Written Only:
None
The Chair closed the hearing on HB2594.
The meeting adjourned at 4:17 pm.